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When an artist stopped being a child, he would stop being an artist.
Isamu Noguchi
2.
Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It keeps us honest.
Lupita Nyong'o
3.
Being an artist is a way of saying, I am here, and this is what I stand for.
Jodie Foster
5.
Being an artist is not only what you do, but how you live your life.
Ben Shahn
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The whole point of being an artist is to have no agenda. To say, you know, I don't know what I am going to do tomorrow, I don't know what it's going to look like, and I'm going to have a go at it.
Anish Kapoor
7.
I think that the whole experience of living, breathing, thinking, and being lost in wonderment is, for me, that of being an artist. And the idea of identifying as someone who is just living and existing and making objects or paintings-somehow I moved away from that years and years ago.
Tony Shafrazi
8.
As struggles go, being an artist isn't that much of one.
Brian Eno
9.
I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste.
Kelly Lynch
10.
There's no map for being an artist.
Seth Godin
11.
You really need to stop Googling yourself and start being an artist.
Alan Palomo
12.
The one thing about being a creator, about being an artist, is that you get to explore your ideas. We're fortunate that we're in the position to do that, and I don't take it for granted.
Marjorie M. Liu
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Part of the business of being an artist is abetting talent. The best do that.
Faith Sullivan
14.
I'm terminally dissatisfied. That's probably part of being an artist.
Jared Leto
15.
I guess I've always liked the idea of being an artist.
Larry Rivers
16.
The words. I love words. I love to write. Being an artist is what I love.
Taylor Swift
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Being an artist is a job for life.
Brian Eno
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Wasn't the whole point of being an artist, or at least part of it, that you didn't have to wear a tie?
Meg Wolitzer
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That's part of being an artist; you have to be that sensitive.
Margaret Cho